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ScKomburg EDITOR ADM1 S X ^ ? 1 ?^ * -??m w-r-W ->' '' ' '* . > .' . .' - . - -?VQL.?III.?Nb.?s*r? ? LOCAL BRANCH if : ' OF N. A. A C. 1000 MemOTere in Three Days is -* ~~ - . 26-27-28 _ DR. WHITE, GEN'L CH'KM N >' The Local Branch Asks Alt! ^Columbians to Assist, in * " j\ This Drive -* ?11 interest is centered , j'n thy great" drive for .members that is Lie- rji ing waged by the Local Hrariirh of * the Association for the' Advandeme'il * ?of-Colorod- pyr.-anfnot of*? the drive'organization is as follows; - General Chairman, Dr. J. C. White . Branch Officers-:' *.?. Henry E. Lindsay, Iiiv???.'chr. R.* W. Jackson, Secretary A Rev., Sam B? Wallace. Price j)ir<c JL' ' 1 tor . ' ..n ' First Batailion j... ? .^Afajor.'-N.- K red crick, Command- < ing. " ' ; V r -T?i' TP - 1st company, T.*H. Jlenfv, Captain L 2nd company; L. A. Hawkins, ,t'ap t^itFr? = ; : ? ^ Captain. * ' * I <j .. . ?th company,' A. \V, Brunson, Caj>tain.1 . o f* 5th company, Fabrel Paul, . Oajr-; taiD. ' '"t; :t: ~ r - y. -Second Batailion. 1 : Major D. H. :^ims, \Co'mman ling ,r-j 6fh company, ' Mrs. K. Xei -on.'! * 2 -jhl' ' V . -\ . ^ V^PIUKI. N. : . I ri- Chptain. 8ffii' company. 'Juries WooHluiry, 0 Captwn. . . .1: - ^v"; ?? i)th '( ommmy Alston !: Captain. A."; ' vvJ^^ZZ^T " ~~ . T hir^l DiU.alhon Major \V. Iif"' llai vov, ('o>ii:nn_n<liny. ; 11th company,- (1. L. 12th company,-Jias, J,. B. . Ilsn-vyy, ?- Captaim ? ; ?i?1 13th company, \V. C> -Johnsom ' Cantain7 ~?1 ? ^ >? tain. ? -.-. ?- A ? - i.-' 15th company;- ,M usf.* ?IvTTs^?llj sell, Captain." / ' \ Fourth Hatallion ?? -- Major. I. S. Leevy, Commanding . . ' lGth company; Miss' Charlotte v' Jackson, Captain. 17tli nnntnoinr At..^ . V.I vA/mi/uutv , Llfllf V HKTIil. Captain. O V ???f#t+r~reompany,I)r. J. G.. Stuart", Captain. a 10th company, (J. I.cc Ratliff, Cap-.1"' tain. 1 ?rJi \ 20th company,. Mrs. I.. J.. Rhode*, I . Captain; ? VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN ' j" CAROLINA. ' - j -t a - . ? ^ Vocational education as is taught V ___in the-schools-uuduiv4h? .Smith-Hugh?-i-r es act develops" the manipulative haft- (,' its,'technical knowledge, and thinking, h occupation..for which the trailing" i?-?i intended. Vocational education ' wmiIrt?tt not be worthy of the name if it c?>n-' tl fined itself only to the development s of manual ability and acquisition of - technical knowledge. Expennece in-[G dicates that the lwfet way?to dignify i i farming or arfy other employment ! > or calling is to train lliosc who are to ! i1 follow them tQ efficiently meet the requirements of the employment or. a ^ calling. The teachers "whose names.^11 I wpponr fn thu.u m I it li p Pi mil tlTTh' In rT. f time any many others are tyring to p prepare t>oy=5 una, pjirls to be able ' v\ to answer these two ^questions. 1, 1( ^ (Cortti nue4- eh Page-Eight): ~ ~ - T ?'-' ^ ^ Books Arc IS "WHITE F i ^r> ?.? .lOTFTV ^ID ijLiU JIN llSfaji v'iMXKS ' . j" . TO N/A. AC. P. i Check is*"stetU In* th^ South-} *oh Vh^ surety of -?:?:? jftging? wo : N;) ' :;;25.?o EACH" * - f v . ? > i . * . ~ .. . v e kj^Seht h> .North U irlaak Insurance . Ui i)t Mum, ?y:. t'l? New Yi :;k, ..Jjiii. 11.?-The National j i>in . ('< >>: i";u- A11 v;inccn 1 cntr of i 1 ' * t;;- l'ir, b A vi-mie^ lins 'i-v'.:. v.l. a ihveft~1*i">r ?25 voted-by the (A.ninititae ol' the Southn" A *<1 ?;:.ciety of 'Virginia and aii: bud in a iotU r by. .Mr. B, L. rd.iii. >'rctary-Aldhagor; aiul one r i. aniVuint s-ent" by the j.iiy' i'u.io_ AAA'iXation'al Head?t-ai i'. i"::. ! ;u!'l 1 anf. C??*?_ : UK V/KEEVr. EDITORIALS WHITE DRESS V-. i':i.ia ill.- ( i.Kii;>.bu>, Georgia, En)8*. .;'viiic.-> an, .i;ii>. .r>) 11)27. . ; :;s .mix'negroes . . v iyuipT. . , ^ ? 7X. i ! vh.? Airmail Mee ting of-the Na'N " p i. I V. jca.u i ' l or?liit?Advance-- ai i ii. .i.i i*'. ?..(lie ,noi<i m i\e\v " i. i >. > .a aiy.'dii a.. (.inn ui" Louis Mar ail... '. -yon.i .tafiiA,i|l vhi\vyerr the _ * were au-| kid > f," .V o fyi i'; w-yp'ly^p^lent Cooi... . j 'i.ft.r^j.iiioint~7f" f'T. T7rr. ~l?. Mci;cod'3fcetiring C7- (Tr~:Mr . . .,%1 ..1 Triule.^ T'oS^nTs; " ' -''j;.'* . A. > ?-n:n'g?i.r tilt* AsSoetaUiiT uresis" i A ;.11 A AaTtU.aiTTIg tins information, jnv.,..tbe .token., il.t'.V .\:.i;;;S' MieiingV was bowed i^Ua. ..i'.itit?.VhM.tuui-,s-.-.oJii'g'ed ? .- i .i i'.v.'ng. ,t? j ...it ice iynrhersf of . L... i am m n-. ..'NAiith ( Aivnlinn . I-tfJAvas charged that the; mvaer \\-nh <h>iv!U:t in public vdu* 1. the Sllcsrajjou ^i^aihst the Govrnv.r*"! l'? \vTi1fc peopTehsfiould . i?itVio??T-rr~?in?inoktm; protefr.tir; -1- ^ ki?.- appointtiumt. We do not iiuw win i.oerJIk' charge, is -true or ! ;i. it is MM't.tiiV that those who uffiHpn . : hi she lynching have not et? 'bcon- apprehended. And the . lu'hir.t* u:?s duo' of the>'"irm,<t'"nbtor~ ryluTTTngs <71 the yeaf*. It has ten t'l;o."- subject of niche '^comment lan that of any n't her lynching duri*rr? < i ?i'_';rv "hi m.uk by the New ork World arid the cout'ageoifS'fight olunibia Record, the matter would ave been di;opi3cd. . . ? _IIh-u?\Uvo?tn+1?to. uisehni'ge _ fully kc?r public duty idw^jd not'he perr. htrrd lo tuMM niV.co: :md tho*-h)ghcr " lic.oiiubal arfd the greater the reppnsihility the more quickly should frttyu he liikeh. if- i{ were' the rule i otist l'roni.'i)!l';ee governors, iudtre.p i-YoriiiV and others or Idaho, r commit* ion, vl iio are inyfiuient or cowardly I i t uiaj [uvfcV K>1 ciixn >uuvtCAj 'Uto wouhi be1 a tiuhtenin^'iin all hm,; 'tlu?-line "'down t<? thv 'aw.est in lie maticr of nicotine? their fetfpoiigi:ll! MH' Jt>i Iotitr as wo are eonvf" Indent in.the face of such failures e max expect a'continuation of law :\s'5noss^.-^-A '*4e3&j!iSti'i2?,4?i:&-r-K.'r.~T '**, set To Be Sh< RIMARY" DE >n Ca lalmr rTTT ' I . t COLUMBIA, S C., SATi: m V S A . ^ historV of .THE NEGRO ~r o . v .? ? . -t Krhorotwrff (.'o)U.u.'t4tm-pt: Hookk History, Problem*. Ktc of?t lm V'ito'i'ii in \ nioi'i/'M I. III. l/4MI 11U1V1 EXHIBITED, IN LIBRARY Exhibition to be opened by a Proj^nmtT-on?whieh^v^Bl be Prominent Speakers -> ?Xnw YorF 'Tan. 1 h? A^ilun Schomberg. collodion of books on the history, problems. literature. etc., of the Nogrt) in America, the most important collusion of its kind in A-" nuo'ica, is to go on public-Exhibition beginning tonight - in. the 135th ""St., "Branch of the New1 i'ptTT Pulfffcf bntryr ^?? " ' The exhibition is to lie opened -with a program 'at which the principal speakers arc Frederick Kyppol of the Carnegie Corporation,;--which?purchased*, the collection ftrtd presented it to the N. Y. Public Library;.; Mr. Schimibui^MnThself and -T-Tollings\vc#rth Wood. " Miss Ernestine .Rose. Librarian of the ,135th *Stf. Branch informs the- N. A.- A. C. P. that she estimates there are between 7,000- and 8.000 "'items in t h?? i-ul liu-t ion j uliiuli ? !) ny. rare and important pamphlets yf slavery days.. The collection as to housed fpT~thd-present on the thlrtF floor of the 135th Street Branch. -.A " * AIKEN GRAND--JURY MEETS JAN SITUATION; New York. Jan. 11. -The NationM--A ss?giat-ion.-t'^r?vhe- Attv-Httwwm*of Colored Pontile is in close' touch with the-situat-icm in Snuth ( nrrrHnrr rclativo to .prosecution of the lynch-en's of the three Low mans, Bertha. Clarence and Demon on the morning October-. 8th, The regular' session'!pf. the Aiken County* Court and. (JraiuJ Jury opens - on January 21, and the N. A. A. C, P. is receiving -regular anrt detniled reports ini -the meantime. The pressure brought by the. X. A. A. C. P.r whirh protested, T^-L'rosii.. deh^ Coolidge against rumored.intention to appoint Governor Thomas G. McLeod a member of the Federal t rade Commission, brought a defense of hig'netions from Qoverjior ,^leI,eod in his farewell message to tl*e*SoUth Carolina: Legislature:?' 1 ." contended that he Had zealously endeavored to ascertain Ttfe~^ guilty parties .and bring them to justice," and that although favoring a special* term of the Grand Juvy he timl imf been able to call it befov'o leaving office on January 18, becaiise~the law provided such special term must-be called by-.the Attorney GeneraL and Solicitor who in this case did notT approve it* . ?J:?? voVatod that the' pdnaltv against CoHnties irr Arhich~ a' lynching occurs bo substantially increased and- 4he p\'oof of participation in a in oh deblfr a-man -from rit iyenship. It?isreported on good authority'that the incoming: Governor Richards, will not reappoint State Detective Ro<r ers, who had been in charge of the -Aiken investigation.- ? - nwri In NeV i : - SIGNED TO DI se Is ffrt 4? >AY, JAN. 22,?T92TT mmm - "T~T s ECTEDJWl GEQRGIA EDITOR {. .SPEAKS OUT, | "I -J^iluciailv.-. he- [mints onl thv; 1 nihmtmM /\T flu* Cnnl^mm ! + iviimin V? UIV UMUUH1 11 ' hite Democrats WARNS THE GOVERNMENT ' ] ''; {>em;iriffs that the U. S. Govern- ^ merit Keep Hands Off "Deo moeratic- ltrmaries" ! t^ | In aneditorial commenting upon j Primary" law, carried before the U- ( .nited .States Supreme Court,1 the JVIa- 1 ycun/Sieirr^lli"," TeTegiapht of JanOary- ^ j (J, .admits the intent of. the "White ' i PiTinany'' laws to disfranchise Nei groes. . 'i iu' editorial points out the s rrdflcSiiua of the . Dtnnucrat.; 'vocifcr- J lulls'' in demanding Federal jurisdic-' ' Itiuit over campaign"''e'ypemtttureg in-p 1 lii publican primaries fTS Northern "* Stales, "while demanding that' the 1 Uni'tpd States Government keep its ^ r lir.U'l- off the- Texas Democratic primaries." _ x ^ The reply hrief nf tlin'V. A A. f.r Z* 1"'. to the hrief tiled by Attorney, tien- % oral bloody of Texas, is t now beingf c prepared under the direction of 'Louis , 1 Min shall; mo in Lor of Ihe N. A. A. C, "6 !'. ,Legal Commit tee ^Arthur B. Spin- 1 Hum l/.-'al1.1,Stony. I'i'e side lit of the Association. -r?? , . - .. , T STATE COLLEGE NOTES.; t 4 Ol'nhL,Tliiii^,.->\Jiin 1 I_Trntr?r1 vnin v^FfTfTTuw'H^T^ifery'Vitate Coi- ~ -lege Tuesday' rnwrnin*;. danum*y T4th -J ' . .'unlN Wilk'nwiu cordially- rgceiv- -f i-iJ ,-tnfl it,, '> them on a . tour of the? 'Vilhy;.' jlani. vi.'iting points of spec^- ~ l :ior and party very much. " v .After-war-ds the group was escorted \ > try auditorium t() hear a special ( rinifdcnl program arranged for the oc- c .casion,' at the conclusion of which \ 1'resident Wilkinson made a brief v address' describiiig' the growth of the > College a-nd_ nafrating a few facts f concerning the edueatio.na.l and ma- o tcr.ial prugiu. a of the Xegto In South T t Carolina. lje stated that the instt- t t lit ion was established in--1806 \yith '* ?few^-brrHrHngs ol'1 ordinary VftlUe. To- lj -day-it bas buildings and lands valued i at $77J,!?M,00. Its graduates num- s bqr. 1,most of whom are engaged' in education, agricultuVe and indus- t -tries Lu?thtv.State. 22,000 students t have been enrolled- in the- College, t Tlie plain consists of one hundred-and 1 . Lurtv iicR's. . Courses are viven in A- v griculture, Mechanics, Home Ecorio- t - huc^ Arts ynd Sciences, Commerce, Music; alsu .twenty Trades and In- J dnsirii's. The .rttgulai^acultw* nuril^ _t hers soventy!a)m\ thc~Extem^n,r^;oi"- -t ~drrr?c tn?h'ai i'n and- Hume Iti'ilumsLm-- .j lion along with Lh<} Summer School c faculty number scyenty-thrcrf, mak- ic ing a total of-one hundred and forty- ,t four paid instructors!" Referring to ( ' Negro - 1-olWgc^ ttt Scruttr Carolina, \ President ?WflkinsMii said theif total ~r income. amounts to $741,590, with f plants valued at '$3,00;{,44ft and 31,- r -922- acre? of land. -Those VoJJfeg'es have pTuduated-?n956 stUdonfsTo date T ..Kl'irilfdingl'uhllc-school s it wop atfrfe--* ed,that 329 Roscnwald schools?*have Keen constructed. Last year $479,809 was raised towards these schools^ .Of..which $t2,32fi.-ivas contributed by L.__... : - _^L ?... : *? _ I I 1 1 r?n ' i? \f York Pub 5FRANCHISE iLFARE A i N.A.A.C.P.' THE TEXAS i CASE DEFEATED [Vise is Won nn fh? Rnwin at <h?. Louisville Segregation ' [0 Case o?^917 1 - - t rHE 3RD SUCH CASE WON \ 1 Another Case Hingipir on the , Louisville Decision has Ai-is- j en in New Orleans oi P New York, Jan. 14.?The .National} ' Association foj^ the Advancemeht?efr-P Colored People, G9 Fifth Avenue, has I P received, from J. W. Rice -of the Dal-, j st a* Express, a report showing that jn the basis of the ylctory. against segregation by city ordinance ? or j V? itate law) won by the. X. A. A. C. P. 'n icfore the_i>uprema.jfemrtin the Lou-. th sville Cas4 of 1U17, a segregation liitance recently enacted by the Citv"r4h >{ Dallas, Texas, lias been dCTtSTed ?t inconStitutional by the Texas Fifth !?0urt of Civil Appeals. P Thic moVo* tLo ...? i . ion rodinanca within the last year to ;e outlawed onvthe basis of rne Louis-' ille victory ofs^en years ago, the ther tWQ victoriesNtaving been won \ n Norfolk and Indianapolis. Still mother case hinging on^the' Louisville" frj lecision has arisen in New Orleans (|, ind is pending Before the Supreme th ' , , , fhe case according to the Dallas?Ex- ra lose fiuff'i thirdi'sire uf a wlrrtr-?: orpqration "to open up a new addiion fbr Negroes in a district which Heretofore, by a joint agreement, ac- -m ording tO_repr,rt, j?v?n rlpgignnt. |> id. .a&wiaihi^ _ - = According to report,, the City - of 0l. iallas" intends to.carry the case be- th ore the U. K. Supieme Cuurt; "?Tit Mi. Rice in hT?:tetter~to the N. A. y, V. j!'. P. addsTT-' ~~~ "Tfiree^ years prior to the present y\ ase," reports Mr. Rice,-''a case in- j{ olving this issue arose in a section if -the city presumably Negro but leclared while at the instance of" F, vhite propert^Qwners. A Negro' pi vas tried and fined and a group of a vegroes at once ralsdd $1,500 for de- A ense and employed attorney?. City iftieials never brought tho mtui?4^--pr rial and the tenant was never forced "to o move. ' t|( '"It might be of interest to the As- ti' nciafioh to know that another attempt sj s being mffde to "draft a stale-wide at egregation ordinance and the <fepre- -\j entatives are heing npprn-irhnd fr>? heir views on the question. TBe ? neastrre- is one tn Jfive 'Which: iiave NT o. do with city -planning. It appears^ 4V; ikely to raise a formidable question front^ ^ Commenting on <-the above report, i< ames Weldon Johnson, Secretary of he N. A. A. C. P. said: "The NatidnT il , OfTjcc will. follow these develop- jnenls. closely.- ? Memtime(? omes more and- more"clear that in sTatrtishing- the "precedent laid down en years ago thrdugh the Louisville jase, the N. A. A. C. P. created a veapon which can be effectively us d by colored people in any city or ^ State to defeat segregation enactnents." - ? < >? NOTICE OF rHnridac 1J OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION FOR 1927. Ncitfce is hereby ^given thaF th? lie Library THE NEGRO __ ^ 7 : 7 T~" ' .'?. \. y t ; . i. ? ; ! . < ' K. " "7' " / oc A COPY nfocox FOR. ' THE RACE . " " ' ' rkf. : . .' . listed as Tint.* ol the National WetfarcWirJncis in the Directory ." ' ' THEli SO( 1h. i i LS \ N AMED Kit* Oruani/atinn in?its (ioud??~ NVyrkis. -4*rad ua i 1 y Com ing : :: - inla.Pavor, "?1?^?' j ^ The- Welfare' Information Bureau the Public-Charities Association of ennsylvania, in a re {tort entitled _ A'hereJTo Turn,'' p'reparftl. for the ruU'..vtant?Kpii-copnl Church in the ? rovihee of Whshinwon, lists 1 out undine national .welar-e agencies in * iL-dirf.Pti>ry? One nl' U?tod ip 1 r ie National Assoclat ip n, for tKe .Adr .. mcement of Colored People. Others eluded are the American Red Cross, e .American.,dim;ial Hygiene Asso- ' ^aon; the Boy' Scouts of America, ie National Child I,nlmr Coinmil Iw C: : * :?' ?'?? " T:T "r V" " t ' >W*A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH PR A ISliS ANI) JOINS THE N. A. A. C. P. * ' - ; : ; "anch Protected Colored Teacher Against"Klan Throats. ; ? ? ^I.he Io>va l'?vstah<ic r rennrts that at ' e recent launching, of tr. membership e N'atVnnfri*Amn"*,iTii,,i! ''or'Die -ArT- , m'-onicin Mi ('<' 1'1 v'e'Pi* ! 111. tl.c lu- *? il president. Mr. S. joe Brown, ill! a ' lifter frniir. l'r>ii'? m i' 'Luther ptt of the 1 >ejviVtnv;nt. of English, the State University, highly com-. ending-the tun'k >.: phc N'. A. A. C. and- apj'iyjiog. for membership. ~ u.. at :,nee re," jvetl- anal appointed a' m'mnt>r of d Publicity Committee of tvHIch hex. onumEers?a re: 11 arvpU fh'gman, ditov of the Ihv.JJIiunes. Register; tod,JA.^Piiunulli. tr.iip'r. if -vim-Dyy~-*-* ?^ oines Daily^t a total; Miss lWothy ughes .of the B^tantlir and- Cm-don ., Kitchen of tin V. M. C. A. The Branch recently stood by Miss ay Joiner5,-, a colored teacher, wh'o^e . ' eserice. oevassioned the i turning of /teJT" oioSji in' ;thc yard of "Judge nthony* Burrell. The -Branch pro- J- . _ i red prom J >t action hy ihi1 n-yiy > cteo District Judge, who. aider com rente u ith .the Sheritl', appointed 2 'initios'to guard the .teacher. ?Kla"n" ''oat* pi ?Dii|.tly eontcil?rtrra?rfp1?: leiitf threate^ted- to areost --.-ijjy j 'ip tempting intimidation. Since then iss JelYcrs has*been te.uth.r.g uiUis ...-J- ' - ^ tttnnnri X eg ro l're<> A > :ATciaTion . eeting for?l'.'2T has?been changed?-?~? om Thursday. Friday atid Saturiy, February 10, 11. 12 to Thursday I'olny,?Saturdar,?fehrrnrrv IT' 1'8, : ~~ I. V-i" > *. All members and friends interested i--or* who expect to attend ttf^TftJoef g should hwV' i " tlir :aJrtfeS!. ac?or d klyr -This change B made by ovdcuB ? te President, B. ,f. Davis, of Atlala- ' . i,1 Georgia. The proxie^ of those her crrrmrrt nttrnd stTonlrt hoar the mt dwter ?i *?:? Ti. - V " - I . me sessions are eairecj to nie?.t at. ic Yilyconnes Hotel. -Street and inconfies Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, * hmxlay, Frirl-iy S-,tur.h?y, I'VI?/ 17, r <, in. ? ? B. J. I>A\'IS,: President J.E.MITCHELL... ; Chr. of "Executive Com., - HENRY A. BOYi), ? > ' Corresponding Se<C